Ghosts in a Photograph a chronicle
In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn of the twentieth century. Discovering a packet of family mementos, Kostash begins questioning what she knows about her extended families’ pasts and whose narrative is allowed to prevail in Canada.
Prodigal Daughter
A geographical, historical, and spiritual odyssey by Canada’s high priestess of creative nonfiction.
Never throw anything away! When Myrna opened a manila folder holding an unpublished piece from a travel diary in Prague 1988. She had added on to and rewritten it several times again over the decades until 2019, when she had another go at it, submitted it to Brick magazine, and was thrilled when it went into print.
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Myrna knew Chrystia Freeland and her parents while they were all in Alberta. She also interviewed Edmontonians with unique angles on the future parliamentarian, including her years in a Ukrainian feminist housing co-op in Old Strathcona.
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